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Subject: Re: How exactly do you use a water pik?

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Michael

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Date Posted: 12:18:34 08/24/04 Tue
In reply to: dg 's message, "Re: How exactly do you use a water pik?" on 10:51:13 08/24/04 Tue

>>Recently at my last ortho appointment, the gum area
>>between my two front teeth bled when one of the teeth
>>was touched too hard. So my ortho decided to delay
>>the wire adjustment and told me to get a water pik to
>>improve gum health. I bought one recently, but can't
>>really figure out how to use it without spraying water
>>all over the place.
>
>did he remove the wires or just not do the adjustment?
>i've heard sometimes they remove the wires until the
>next adjustment if the gums bleed.

No, he just didn't do the adjustment. The same wire is still there.

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